Politics
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Street food should be simple to prepare
It’s not often I find myself in complete agreement with Denzil Minnan-Wong, but the way city council has managed to unnecessarily complicate what...
By Dylan Reid -
City Hall Bits and Bites
Lobbyist Registry left blowin’ in the wind With an adequate budget finally in place, it looked like smooth sailing for the City’s Lobbyist...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Help name Toronto’s new bike magazine
The Toronto Cyclists Union is choosing a name for their soon-to-launched magazine and they’d like your help. They’re looking for a name that...
By Spacing -
Q&A: talking numbers with Budget Chief Shelley Carroll
[Update: Councillor Carroll has issued a clarification that appears at the bottom of this post] Councillor Shelley Carroll has been the representative for...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
A Levy worth paying
You’ve got to hand it to Sheldon Levy. The head of Ryerson University may be one of the only university presidents in Ontario without a doctorate...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Climate-change adaptation
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. OK, so maybe not everyone has gotten the message, but over the past 15 years or so (or perhaps more, depending on your...
By Dale Duncan -
Close Gould Street Rally
[Ed note: this post has been brought forward to remind those interested about this event.] Ryerson University students have called a rally for Thursday...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Winter cyclist profile – Leehe the personal trainer
Name / Occupation / Age Leehe Lev / Self Employed Personal Trainer and Lifestyle Coach, Owner of Whole Self Fitness / 34 What do you use your bike for...
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Air quality control
Cross posted from Eye Weekly. Big cities are notorious for their smog, but aside from car exhaust, do we really know what’s in our air? Figuring out...
By Dale Duncan -
Continuing to swap one bad habit for another
Last year, The Canadian Cancer Society and Toronto Public Health teamed up to bring you the Driven To Quit challenge which encouraged people to quit...
By Matthew Blackett -
The case for Toronto’s U-Pass
Vancouver has one. Halifax does, too. Same with Calgary and Chicago. Even London, Ontario is a member of this not-so-exclusive club. But Toronto...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Bike union on Cranks
TorontoCranks has posted a lengthy interview with Toronto Cyclists Union project coordinator, Dave Meslin. Here’s a small snippet of one of...
By Tammy Thorne